Pick up the front page of the LJS today, and Eastern Nebraska is officially defined as the following counties, with the balance of the state being left with the designation of "western". Finally we can put this all behind us:
Eastern Nebraska:
Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Douglas, Fillmore, Hall, Johnson, Lancaster, Nance, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, Seward, Thayer and Washington
Eastern Nebraska:
Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Douglas, Fillmore, Hall, Johnson, Lancaster, Nance, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, Seward, Thayer and Washington
